That does sound yummy 🙂

She’s lost 2 ibs – she’s doing it of weight loss only – she has normal blood sugar levels, makes me so jealous!

We just had the Easy Quiche which she cooked and it tasted yummy 🙂

Well I had an interesting christmas. Featuring illness, allergies etc. But back on track now thankfully. Glad to see the new faces. Am reading a book called Grain Brain which is definitely consolidating my feelings about carbs! Well worth a read if you haven’t heard of it. Have a good week everyone. x

Very good afternoon – I’m a 41yr old T2 diabetic and after being given a link for the BSD by my training partner I’ll be starting on the 9/1/16.
I’m 5’08”, 95kgs with an Hba1c of 45.
Whilst I have managed to get control of my Hba1c I need to lose more weight and I desperately need to reduce my vísceral fat, (currently 15%).
I exercise on a regular basis, this year I did the NHS Couch to 5km challenge and I recomendar it to anyone, but I need to do more. I have had severe retinopathy in both eyes and if nothing else I want to stop the degeneration in my body and faculties. I’m not sure I can reverse this, (I’ve been a T2 since early 2009), but I’ll seenqht I can do.
I’ll also be blogging about my progress – with photos, Arghhhhh on my blog – http://www.cookeatexplore.wordpress.com if anyone wants to see my progress.
I’ll post here as much as I can too.
Wish me luck

Hi everyone I am finally back home. My confession is that, although I was careful throughout the holidays and only gained 2 lbs I put on another 2.5 over the last 2 days as I seem to have gone mad. First one the ferry I had a dessert which I never eat (all inclusive so I had paid for it mentality) then I ordered a cocktail. Yesterday I ate one of the macroons from the box of treats we received for booking a deluxe cabin and then tried to drink my drinks cabinet of any future temptations. Daft I know but it is over now and I am ready to get back into the plan. Also my BG was the highest it has been in 6 months, i.e. 6.2, but still within normal levels and I know that will be right down again by tomorrow.

Not so quick to disappear is the now 4.5 lbs I gained but I did allow myself 5 lbs so stayed within goal (bad goal though it is).

My day started with yoghurt and raspberries with a sprinkle of flaked almonds, not getting to the shop for veg I opened a can of WW chicken soup and tonight I am having harissa chicken from MMs book. Going for my big veg shop tomorrow as I dont like the supermarket veg that goes bad in 2 days when I can go to a wholesalers that do really fresh stuff because they have a big turnover.

Although I have started on a Wednesday this time I will be having my weekly weigh in on Tuesdays as in the past to look forward to reporting back then. Keep on keeping on….

@tonic LOL!

My Metformin I took by mistake gave me bad diarrhea but I guess not as productive, thanks that made me really chuckle.

Moggot, I did no excercise last time in the 2 weeks I tested the diet and I lost 9ibs – so I would agree with you 🙂

Thanks for the replies.

Oddly I don’t have a sweet tooth generally and can happily do without sweet things I just have a particular liking for diet coke (cannot stand the full fat stuff). Having given up everything else unless somebody can point to it doing something counter-productive to weight loss or blood sugar levels I am going to keep drinking it as it seems to fight the cravings to eat something better than water does and gives me a little lift in the absence of snacks and/or alcohol. Having perused the web it seems to just be a general feeling that additives and artificial stuff must be bad for you than anything specific.

@pcoventry I used to cycle to my current work place as well, 3-4 times a week(10 miles each way).
I have two routes, down the canal (ok for spring-summer) or the road. Even when cycling that distance my weight hardly changed.
Once again, I think its down to diet and not my fitness levels.
Although being a big fella, it is fun during the gym classes seeing much younger fitter looking people struggle to keep pace with me during classes.
I’m not going to be doing any classes while on the 8wks BSD, as they can be intense, instead opting for 30 min walk at lunch then on Friday weather permitting, take my skateboard over to a local basketball court at lunch time for a 30 min skate.

I am starting in January too.
Feel a little bit apprehensive as a lot of the foods I do not like but am going to persevere and do this. I would ideally love to be free of my diabetes so here goes.
Good luck all.

Hello everyone

I’m a complete newbie to low carbing and would love to join here to loose weight and improve my health.

I’ve had T2 diabetes for 16 years, pcos, irritable bowel syndrome and arthritis.

I’ve been a vegetarian all my life, no meat, eggs or fish but my food choices were always carb laden … Homemade cakes, biscuits, bread and potatoes.

I enjoy cooking from scratch as these days there’s too many foods that my digestive system doesn’t tolerate.

So I started low carbing yesterday and hope to pick up lots of tips and advice along the way.

Good luck everyone.

Glad to hear you are doing well, what about the missus. I have learned to love plain water but if I fancy something a bit different I put in a squeeze of lime or lemon juice, also, but not to use too often, a tiny dash of a pure fruit juice. Apple juice is used in one of the recipes (a breakfast shake) so it must be allowed or I use a dash of cranberry juice.

Hi Frog

Yes I did catch those parts of the diabetes course but I was just slightly disappointed overall.

Good idea with the ginger I do freeze it but usually whole and then it’s difficult to use!.
Following on from your celery and lentil recipe there’s a lovely Mary Berry recipe for haddock with puy lentils. It also makes a nice side dish if you make it without the fish.

I’ve just bought the kalettes and am interested to try them. Think I may be boring and just steam them this time.

Good weight loss. You can’t have put much on since you stopped weighing so maintaining ad you have us very impressive. I think maintaining is really hard.

Hi all hope everyone is doing well I have a quick question in the book the recipe for griddles chicken on white bean mash says it’s got 440 calories but when I put it in my Nutracheck last night it said that it was 554 alone for the cannelloni beans and that was for half a tin so my calories for the day was way over 1150 by the end of the day ,I didn’t think to check the calorie count on the beans individually.is my calorie checker wrong ??? Well I’m stearing well clear of that one and double checking recipes from now on .well today so far has been good did 2.2 miles today on treadmill and had 2 poached eggs this morning water doing well and my new best friend is the …..toilet lol well gotta go you all have a good productive day .

Hi Natalie

I know exactly what you mean! I have had similar feelings these last few days. My answer is soup for lunch, a few nuts, almonds or walnuts, and everyone else says water but for me it’s 2squares of Lindt 90% chocolate.

I don’t usually have all of them but I do find when I’m feeling ‘picky’ the chocolate works. I know it’s hot where you are so you could try a cold gazpacho or I have a lovely Jun Tanaka recipe for cold red pepper soup. Both last for several days in the fridge but aren’t at their best if frozen.

Guess it depends what motivation you have…. lots to lose, diabetes or other health issues. If you are lucky enough just to want to lose weight for purely cosmetic reasons, although that’s as a good a reason as any, it is definitely more difficult.

Looks like you may just have to dig deep and hand on in there for the next few days or so.

Kalettes nice stir fried with prawns and some smoked haddock mousse stuff reduced in Waitrose.

Hi Moggot,

All sounds good mate, and if skateboarding floats your boat then you go for it!

I have borrowed my dads electric bike for a few weeks. I know that I can push myself and if I get really tired I can turn the power on. I did 24 miles last Saturday on it – and I got so tired on the way back that I did 18 miles on just it’s power alone – which was 15mph so slow and steady but I got back in one piece lol

Whatever works – works..

Hello everyone
Carbaddict your tomato soup sounds delicious, I’m going to try it!
Miss Ziggy, great to hear you’re getting better, I don’t own any kind of spiralizer but am thinking of buying the one on Amazon as advertised on this website
I bought courgetti today, it comes prepared in a pack, lazy, I know, but brilliant when you don’t have the tools to make your own. I fried them in a little oil. I heated up 2 spoons of cream, added 50g of blue cheese and 50 g of leftover smoked salmon and threw it on top of the courgetti.
I have eaten like the Queen!!
Hopefully the rest of the day will be okay.
I’m back to a day at a time!!
The programme about the Best diet in the world spoke about the eating habits of different countries and I found it interesting. Countries that consumed large quantities of processed food and simple carbs were near the bottom of the list whereas countries that consumed fish, veg, fruit, good fat and some small amounts of carbs or complex carbs were near the top. Basically it didn’t tell us anything new but it does confirm what we already know!
Well done and thank you Dr. Mosely!
Cheers

Hi Flash

I normally vary my lunch around salad (Mediterranean style food) my salads are all varieties of green leaf, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, carrot, beetroot etc. I vary what is there to change the flavour and appearance; I then add meat or cheese, so even though it is salad based it changes every day, I also have a plate at work and put my lunch on it, I find the visual effect of a bowl of salad on a plate helps, as it looks a lot more than it seems in a bowl?

For those who like me love love love Total fage full fat yoggies, theyre reduced to £ 2 in Tesco right now,per 500 g tub…normally i pay between £2.40 – £2.59 ..which i find a bit steep,but i remind myself i now pay nothing out for bread and assorted sweet and savoury goodies,and v little on fruit. X

I believe the advice is to not have any diet soft drinks because it continues your craving for sugar, which makes the diet harder to sustain. That being said I was a Diet Coke addict before I started this diet. I can’t permenantly cut it out so I’ve just been treating myself to one when I go out, as I think it’s better to have a Diet Coke than a glass of wine!

Hi everyone 😀 And I am feeling much better today Thankyou. Just got back from Lidls with lots of veggies and salad stuff to load up the fridge. The lentil daal I made last night from the BSD recipe book was delicious. The recipe uses the daal as a stuffing for sweet peppers but I ate them without peppers. Today I will use the leftover daal as MM’s recipe suggests.
To change the subject slightly ….I used to wake in the morning pre BSD with a niggly knotted type pain in my stomach. I went to my GP two years ago had the normal tests etc and was treated with medication for IBS. There have been times when I have stopped taking the meds but then have a flare up and have to take the tabs again. I was lying and bed this morning and it dawned on me that I haven’t experienced any discomfort in ages!! No pain no bloating, no trapped wind and believe me I could phhhart for GB if it was an Olympic sport!! And win a gold medal. It seems as though this diet has calm things down another reason for me to stick with it👍🏻
Oooh look I’ve found the fart 💨 emoticon 😁😁😁
MIss ZIggy
Ps does anyone own an electric spiraliser??

Hi, no it was How to Lose Weight Well – they covered various diets and used a couple of friends, two cousins, a pair of brothers and presenter, also a doctor, under-went various things like cold water swimming, sauna etc to see if they have any effect on weight loss. There are another 4. However Michael Moseley’s stuff is far, far superior.

I am ashamed that I had forgotten my own thread – Greetings!

Thanks again for all the advice guys. To everyone who has posted to me so far 🙂

Sunshine-girl, no you didn’t put me off at all. We are 3 days into starting again. I’ve lost 5 pounds and my levels are starting to come down. I eat 3 meals a day but I don’t snack at night and I get the dawn effect, so tonight I am going to try cheese and milk before bed. I woke up today to 7.2 lastnight I was 7.8 2 hours after food and 6.7 3 hours after.

I have, for now canned my Metformin. I want this to work through what I eat as I really hate taking medication. Physically I gip when I see pills, so even in food it’s a physiological battle to take the 4 a day my doctor wants to shove down my throat.

I am just trying to sort out alternatives to plan water, I have been a coke zero addict since it’s come out and whilst (with 4 calories per 2L) you cant really get fat on it or have massive level spikes, I don’t also fancy soda stream water all the time.

I’ve gone off diet drinks for the most part but still use a sugar free squash to get my water intake up – if I didn’t do that I would not be able to drink all the water I need so whatever helps you stick to the diet. Another issue with all these sugar substitutes (apart from Jo’s answer above which I agree with) is the artificial sweeteners in most things are just bad for you. But, whatever helps you stick to the diet, do it – there are pros and cons in all things and a bit of artificial sweetener or diabetes – I know which one I’d choose!

Just looked – that was the night before, just going to watch last night’s offering, but I remember the ones last year – they are about trying out all the different types, without really comparing the health details. So the title ‘how to lose weight well’ is very misleading. And that was just from last years series….

Hi everyone, I’m still around (unfortunately the same amount of me as there was before), I haven’t been reading or posting for a couple of days but it seems like longer to me because before I was on here about four times a day! I’m feeling a little discouraged because I can’t seem to get back into my BSD stride. I start each day well but by mid-afternoon I’m having crackers with my cheese, or some chocolate (not the healthy stuff) or ice cream, and continue snacking into the evening. Enough to keep me maintaining instead of losing. I don’t know why I always think that a new year or some other milestone date will magically turn me into a different person who finds dieting easy and exercise appealing! I’m still exactly the same person with the same reaction to stresses and temptations as I was the day before. Well, I’ll keep plodding on.

Day 3 for me, and thankfully the sweet cravings have gone, although I think I should change my username to I.P-Freely now.
Not weight myself at all, as I don’t have any scales in the house but I can see some minor changes in my body shape.
I’m in my early 40’s , 5’9 and last time I weight myself at the gym (Just before Xmas) I was sitting round 112kg. Never been able to get it below 109 even after 2 years at the gym. Although I have good base level of fitness carrying that kinda of weight makes it hard work and prone to injury.
Guess I have to stop kidding myself that 5 x 30min of exercise is going to counter a poor diet.
When I was in my 30’s I used to weight 69-72kg but this was due to me doing a lot of kickboxing (Including full contact fights), but since them Ive changed my focus, and worked on my career, moved from factory to IT and became deskbound, married + kids and its just crept up.
I had health check up last year that showed my bloods to be 5.8 after fasting which though in normal range was bit high (Father has type 2) and my cholesterol was with the upper ranges of normal.
Enough about me.
I’ve managed to keep my carbs below 50, they seem to be hovering round the 20-30 mark and my cals a round the 800ish mark. My main aim is to get the weight down and restart the gym and don’t laugh Skateboarding. I started last year and really enjoy the challenge but because of my weight, I get to nervous to do anything other than roll round. So main goal is get myself below 100kg and slowing aim for 80-90kg as I am broad and when I was at my lowest weight, I didn’t look right or feel that good even though I was incredibly fit.
I have amazing support from my wife as well. She is helping me by cooking my evening meal (Something she insists on doing) with in the BSD recommendations. Like last night Chicken stir fry with onion, pepper and some spices added to it. She had some as well as really enjoyed it.

Hello folks,

How are we all doing? Seems a bit quiet here at the mo!

I have been quite organised with food prep so have managed to bring my breakfast and lunch into work for a couple of days now. I hope this will last! Keep forgetting to do my food diary though, so need to get on with that. For those of you who do packed lunches, what do you typically have? I’m after some ideas so that I don’t get bored! 🙂

Was that the ‘world’s best diet’ programme? That is years old, and also takes population level reflections, rather than individuals.

Mixandmatch – thanks for the advice I will go read that thread if I can find it.

Thanks Angela, I will do that also 😉

This morning we’ve had 2 eggs right from the shell, and a small Pro bio yoghurt with blueberries and I had some cinnamon in mine. Lot of protein and just under 10G of carbs and 145Cals.

Which reminds me to do my blood sugars as it’s fast approaching 2 hours since, so thanks for reminding me 🙂

This morning I had basic 40g of oats with 100g of plain yoghurt and small amount of blueberries
That kept me until lunch when I had home made celery and pea soup with garlic and some herbs in
A small banana mid afternoon and then the small serving of BBQ grilled fish on caluflower rice and salad with small
Amount of Feta.

800 calories and 3 litres of sparkling water !!

Interesting question toby101. I drink diet coke all the time on this diet and have lost 5.3Kg/10lb 10 ounces in the three weeks I’ve been at it. So I don’t think it stops weight loss. And my blood sugars are now amazing. But I’ve read somewhere here that it’s not recommended because we are supposed to be giving up sugar and a craving for sugar and diet coke is still sweet tasting so we never actually get the chance to learn to live without that sweet taste. Unfortunately, I really crave the sweet stuff and the diet coke gives me what I need to be able to stick to this diet. I also use equal in my tea and coffee and stevia in some sweet very low carb treats. So I guess I’m really missing out on one of the big benefits of sticking to this diet properly. But I’d rather have the diet coke if it allows me to stick to the diet.

Yes I saw the Channel 4 Diet programme & thought the diets chosen were rather dodgy & Weight Watchers still promoting low fat & lots of carbs but I suppose compared to what they were eating before any restrictions on eating would reduce their calories! I was truly amazed by how ignorant they all were about nutrition but I suppose we are more clued up here because of Michael!

Woohoo, down a pound. I expect this should become a little easier now that everyone in my house is back to work and school. Routine is very helpful for me. Yesterday I changed my furniture around for a distraction. I feel like I’ll be OK if I could just naked it through the weekend.

Just typed my usual ‘go on for ten mins about nothing much’ computer crashed, so a short version,better today but still carb hungry, it’ll be good when the hunger pangs ease as it will .

Miss Ziggy and Sarah, don’t worry we are all slowly easing back into the BSD – we all know it works if you do it, best diet plan ever (after we get over carb withdrawal! Well done Margaret, my scales down but a minimal amount, but down, love to all x

Morning everyone!

Well that’s me started day one, no looking back now! I’m not ready to give up my morning porridge but instead of buying those microwave flavoured packs which I used to love I’ve made it myself. 25g of wholegrain oats cooked in a pan with unsweetened almond milk and 10g almond butter on top. It’s so much nicer than the instant stuff and feels like a treat coz I took the time to cook it. And only 15g of carbs. (I’m only on 36g for the whole day so not worried about this).

Tigs – thanks for the tip about MFP 🙂 I didn’t realise I could set my target calories to 800 as it usually tells me off if I ever eat below 1000. I’ve also adjusted my targets for fat, carbs and protein and entered all of todays meals into it last night so I know exactly what I should be eating. As a severely addicted carb and sugar addict I know this might get tough but I’m hoping that being super organised will stop me going off track.

Hi everyone, I’m Amy and I’m prepping today so I can start tomorrow proper.

For those who have started this week – how are you finding it?

I’d love to find some people at the same stage as me who I can keep chatting to – I think it will help in the hard times 🙈

Hi everyone

the futurelearn diabetes course had a bit in the first week about LCHF, and it featured in that amazing “fixing Dad” film. I found the second week was less interesting.

The ginger is just a cube of frozen ginger – I used to find it went off, so I bought a large piece, put it all through my mini food processor (several batches) and froze it in an ice cube tray. Good for cooking, or just infusing to drink in boiling water.

I bought some of those kalette things before Christmas, but didn’t get around to using them. I hate food waste, but they went a bit slimy. I will try them again if I see them.
Lost another kilo when I weighed this morning! Almost back to November weight.

I made a lovely dish of braised celery with lentils yesterday – bit carby (17g) because of the lentils and tomatoes, but very nice.
The recipe used bacon, but I substituted some meat from a gammon joint that I am working my way through.
https://tandcake.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/braised-celery-with-lentils/

Hi Rebecca
I’m on day 2 as well. Decided I won’t weigh myself until a week. Yesterday went well. Hadn’t done the prep I’d hoped but made a quick tea with omelette and came in under 800 on food. Milk in tea will most likely make that up to 800. In a bit of a muddle about CARBS, fats, protein. Know to keep carb under 50g a day but not sure about other 2. Read that we are putting our body into ketosis which is what burns the fat-also the smelly Atkins Diet breath!!! This can be alleviated by reducing protein. Arrrgghhh!!!! Can’t be hungry, fat and smelly! I don’t remember it mentioning this in the book. Got any clue?? Best of luck for day 2! We can do this ! Mikki

Morning all. Well the first two days are kicking in well. Peeing for the Olympics and sick of going! Tried the tomato, ham and lentil soup last night using up some leftover ham and it is highly recommended. Got enough for two more days for us. Already feel better if a little tired after getting up, sigh, in the night, twice, double sigh. It can only be downwards! Keep on going down all. Oh did anyone watch the Channel 4 diet thing last night, which I thought quite irresponsible in parts. Not half as good as watching Michael Moseley

Day 4 & after hopping to the loo four or five times through the night I decided to stand on my scales & I am down 1 & 1/2 lbs so at least on the way down again! although of course it’s mostly just losing fluids.
I have been averaging around 900 daily calories & now fortunately running out of Christmas leftovers to use up although even after a repeat supper of stir fry beef, 200 grams each time, there is still some roast beef left. The freezer is turning into a left over dust bin with trying to not throw away “good food”! Today I will thaw out the coq au vin made with turkey 🦃 to have with yesterday’s cauliflower rice & lunch will have to be salad with courgette spring onion omelette in my effort to empty my fridge & start afresh. Tomorrow proper BSDiet shopping for ingredients for favourite BSD recipes so finally back into a more normal food routine.
I hope you are both feeling better Nickix & Miss Ziggy. Sarah my reaction to our Sky box going awol was a close run thing with a cupboard full of chocolates 😂😂
Good luck everyone only three more days to go until week one is completed👍👍🍀🍀🍀
Margaret xx

Hello everyone! My official weekly weigh was Saturday and I was very excited with a small 0.6kg loss as it took me to 16kgs down in total. Unfortunately that was also NYE and I really overindulged on food and alcohol, but it was a lovely evening with friends. Then I had a BBQ on the 2nd and more food and wine – and my weight rebounded very quickly in the wrong direction 🙁 I was disappointed with myself as I could have made better choices at the BBQ. It was also quite scary how easily I could go back to eating sugar.

However on a brighter note I spent yesterday reading up on fasting. I downloaded the book “The complete guide to fasting: Heal your body through intermittent, alternate day and extended fasting” by Dr Jason Fung and Jimmy Moore. Absolutely fascinating and definitely worth a read, especially if you want to understand the impact of insulin on the body and the health benefits we can achieve through fasting. They also acknowledge the benefits of LCHF diets, including MMs 5:2 program. I would not have looked twice at this book 12 weeks ago, but after my success with BSD I think I was in the right headspace to read it. I loved the simplicity of the writing and the message and decided on the spot to give it a go! So my last meal was breakfast yesterday morning! I’m now at the end of my first full day of fasting (4 “mealtimes” down 🙂 )and it’s been an eye opener. I thought I’d be starving and chewing my arm off, but not at all. Apart from a slight headache which came and went during the day and the odd tummy grumble, it’s been surprisingly easy so far. My blood sugar readings have been beautifully stable all day. I’ve been clear headed and had normal energy levels and I’ve done my 10000+ steps for the day. I have no plan or target for how long I’ll keep going, but that’s the beauty of it. As long as I feel good and don’t need to eat, I just won’t. I know that will sound completely bonkers to many people but I also know there are other fasters on the forums who will understand 🙂

Having started this yesterday, am following the menu plan in the book strictly – giving up my beloved bread, pasta, potatoes, wine and beer but my one treat is going to be diet coke – obviously this has zero calories but seems to be generally frowned on in health circles – anyone know if this is proven to have a negative impact on weight loss or lowering blood sugar?

Good morning everyone :o)

Well onto day 2 of the diet and I have already lost 1lb 2oz so that’s all good…!!!

Sleep was a little broken but I think a lot of that comes down to the no alcohol which will get better over time – I have wine every night so is a big change to not have any but have saved myself a lot of calories!

Lets do this day 2!

Rebecca xxx

Get your carbon, Happy birthday!

Jo super loss..it’s always motivating to see those numbers go down. Good luck for next week.

Pcoventry, sunshine girl also has diabetes. You do a search on her posts…she’s very informative.

Well done to everyone who has lost and have a good day!

There are certain foods that have been shown to fight joint pain. Adding those foods to your diet will help ease the symptoms of the disease. If you experience conditions that share joint pain and inflammation, then it may be due to arthritis. So it will be best to include anti-inflammatory foods in your diet and limit the foods that may trigger joint pain. Overall, you should aim for a diet that’s high in fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, legumes, and olive oil. Limit or avoid red meat, dairy, saturated fats, and sugar to help prevent the pain. Find out the foods which are to be avoided and the ones which should be consumed to stay pain free. Take a look at this blog- http://www.coloncleansetoronto.ca/blog/general-category/2150/ . Hope this helps. All I say is embrace a healthy diet and exercise as much as you can.

Tigs and Daisiesmum – thank you for the words of encouragement. Today is a new day and I have planned, plotted and promised that I WILL DO THIS.
It’s great reading about everyone’s successes – whether tiny steps or great big leaps – well done!
I too am a Kalettes fan – very, very moreish! If you are interested in growing them, you can now buy Kalette seeds online – I have plans for those too.
Have a great day everyone.

Fasting blood being higher is due to something called the dawn effect, where the sugar dump comes overnight from the bodies stores. There has been quite a lot of discussion on it in Bill’s ‘this has to work for me’ thread. I seem to remember it was a good thing showing that visceral fat was going.

CAPTAINLYNNE you’ll be able to look thru keyholes with both eyes at same time!
SUMO hope youre feeling better ,such bad luck to get that chest infection,best of luck with new 8 wk plan x!

Interesting post, thank you, I want to discuss self testing today with my diabetic nurse as I am also away from home for long periods. Don’t know what she will think of the BSD either, last time I saw her she advised me to eat anything I liked but just not so much. I’ve lost a kilo already since the 2nd so hopefully she will be impressed today.
I don’t know anything about what results I should be looking for so hopefully she will advise, as others have said my GP and diabetic nurse rely on the 3 monthly blood test.

Morning all

I hope everyone is feeling fabulous today. I was back at work yesterday (although I did work in the ‘break’ but you can’t count that is it is SO quiet) and back on plan – and had the carb headache to prove it! It staggers me how withdrawing from carbs can affect you so much – I had a really long think about how poisonous it must be and vowed to plan the maintenance stage of this journey thoroughly!

I haven’t weighed since Monday so I don’t know if being back on plan is working – but I did have a delicious meal last night of slow roasted lamb, braised red cabbage and brocolli (all leftovers) and it tasted absolutely delicious – maybe it was the headache, or the fact that I was starving but I really do prefer something like that to carb laden rubbish, which had been my diet for a few days before that!

Anyway, I wish you all a successful day, thanks for posting!